Thursday #586 The Unofficial start to summer.

[cassiesmom]

Raising a toast to the late Maya Angelou with my decaf Diet Coke. "People will never forget how you made them feel."

[Karen]

Absolutely - I believe a large glass of sweet tea would be in order, being as she was a grande Dame of the South. She inspired generations of people to the written word, and will do so for many years to come.

She also has had my utmost respect as the only person a former boss of mine, a brash New Yorker by birth, who would lay in wait to corner someone like Bill Gates in an elevator, was ever intimidated by. He admitted to being almost afraid of her!

[smokey the elder]

I heard a quote last night from Bill Ritter. It went something like this: he was doing a sound check for President Clinton's first inauguration in 1993. He said something like, "Maya, are you ready this early in the morning?" Without missing a beat, she said, "I'm an elderly Black woman from the South. The proper form of address is 'Miz Angelou'."

[Catty1]

I heard a quote last night from Bill Ritter. It went something like this: he was doing a sound check for President Clinton's first inauguration in 1993. He said something like, "Maya, are you ready this early in the morning?" Without missing a beat, she said, "I'm an elderly Black woman from the South. The proper form of address is 'Miz Angelou'."

LOL! What a woman! Love that!

[RICHARD]

I heard a quote last night from Bill Ritter. It went something like this: he was doing a sound check for President Clinton's first inauguration in 1993. He said something like, "Maya, are you ready this early in the morning?" Without missing a beat, she said, "I'm an elderly Black woman from the South. The proper form of address is 'Miz Angelou'."

Someone didn't have their caffeine that morning?

I 'worked' with a woman who was introduced to me as Ms. XXXXX. - I use sir or ma'am when I worked so I made the 'mistake' of answering her with a 'Yes, ma'am'.

You would have thought that I had called her a biatch.

She corrected me in front of a bunch of people and needless to say I never called her Mz.